When France expelled its Huguenots in the 17th and early 18th centuries, Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, and America all benefited from the exodus of numerous skilled craftsmen, including ...(Read More)

Based on one of the great unsolved murders in mob history, and the rise and fall of a real-life hero, this novel from the author of the City of Fire trilogy is the sweeping story of Charlie O'Kane, ...(Read More)

Here, in one compact volume, are four novellas by the author of Moby-Dick. Left unfinished and published after Herman Melville's death in 1891 (long after—publication wasn't until 1924), ...(Read More)

(Finalist for the 2004 Whitbread Novel Award and the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize) In a small Anatolian village, early in the 20th century, Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, ...(Read More)

Freewheeling and irreverent, this unusual cookbook by sisters Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat is dedicated to the idea that cooking and entertaining can be stress-free and fun. Illustrated with delicious, ...(Read More)

While Paul McCartney's lyrics to such songs as "Eleanor Rigby" and "Penny Lane" rank as poetry, one of the pleasures of this collection is seeing how well Sir Paul's words hold up without his ...(Read More)

Before James Beard Award–winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton opened Prune in New York's East Village, she spent 20 hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. In this memoir ...(Read More)

There is consternation at Tawcester Towers. While conducting a tour of the Long Gallery, the estate's future master Blotto Lyminster is stunned to discover that two of the family portraits—a ...(Read More)

Serge "Blue" Gavotte is a modern-day Candide who quits his job, mounts a piano atop a broken-down pushcart, and sets off with his family to find the "Perfect Musical Phrase," in this novel by the ...(Read More)